Reliability test methods for mediAcompatible pressure sensors

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 877-885

  Petrovic, Slobodan ^a   Ramirez, Adan ^a   Maudie, Theresa ^a   Stanerson, Dennis ^a   Wertz, John ^a   Bitko, Gordon ^a   Matkin, Jeanene ^a   Monk, David J ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Corrosion testing; Encapsulation; Microsensors; Packaging; Piezoresistive devices; Protective coatings; Reliability; Reliability modeling; Silicones; Weibull distributions

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSENSORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RELIABILITY; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDIA-COMPATIBLE PRESSURE SENSORS;

PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032293733     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.735331     Document Type: Article

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